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In my view, Negative Free Bids are fine with limited opening systems (Strong Club etc)… not fine with wide-range opening systems, ie, Standard. After a double, unscrambling two wide-range hands in a competitive auction could well be impossible.

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Julian:

Here is a quote from Bertrand Russell, about how to avoiud errors in thinking:

“If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. He did not do so because he thought he knew. Thinking that you know when in fact you don't is a fatal mistake, to which we are all prone.”

Here is a site that has the hand records of many world championships (look under “Tournamenents”):

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As mentioned in another article, it's a little unusual for a finalist to have convictions for (the word, “ch**ting” causes this posting to be flagged; what is objectionable about fact, I do not know) and be barred from playing in the NCBO of his opponents.